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David Brokaw

Theological Graduate School of Oberlin College, including John Mercer Langston, 1852

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Medium

daguerreotype

Dimensions

image (visible): 9.3 × 6.7 cm (3 11/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
mat: 10.8 × 8.2 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
case (closed): 11.9 × 9.5 × 1.7 cm (4 11/16 × 3 3/4 × 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

Accession Number

2023.39.4

Artists / Makers

David Brokaw (artist) American, 1812 - 1878

Image Use

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Inscription

hallmark upper left corner of plate: [six-petal flower] DOUBLE / [lamb holding cross] / A. GAUDIN 40; stamped in gold on silk lining inside of case: D. BROKAW, / OBERLIN, OHIO.; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF12B

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.